Bottle shipping crate



Aug 7, 19321. w. C. KRAUSE 1,969,409l

` BOTTLE SHIPPING CRATE Filed Aug. 7, '1933 Patented ug. 7, V41934uliifrsoA STATES? PATE-Nr y clerics BOTTLE SHIPPING CRATE William 'C'.Krause, Milwaukee, Wis. 1 l n Application August 7,1933, serial No.684,039

I' 2 claims.

This invention appertainsto crates vand more particularly to a novel`case or the like commonly theI han- 4Thus, considerable stress isplaced upon the rivets and the boards or slats soon Work loose from therivets and are pushed down one upon the other causing the entiredisintegration of the case in a comparatively short time.

Many attempts (see my prior Patent No.

1,702,874, issued to me February 19, 1929) have been made to overcomethe above difficulties, but to my knowledge none of these attempts have`been successful to the most desirable point.

It is, therefore, one of the salient objects of ymy invention to providenovel means for constructing the angle irons whereby the slats or boardswill be correctly spaced for ventilation slats or boards from breakingaway from the rivets.

Another important object of my invention is jto provide a novel meansfor constructing the .corner irons whereby any stress or force placedupon the top or bottom face of the crate will be effectively distributedfrom the top of the crate to the bottom, the novel means of forming the`corner irons permitting the easy and quick placing of the slats inposition without undue difficulty on the part of the workmen assemblingthe crates.

A further important object of my invention is the provision of a bottlecase or crate having novelly constructed'corner irons for receiving andconnecting the slats or boards forming the side and end walls of thecase, the irons having struck out therefrom inwardly directedhorizontally disposed lips or loops, which lips or loops are adapted tobe positioned between the slats and to extend from one slat to theother, whereby the slats will not only be effectively spaced, butwhereby any force exerted on the top or bottom slats or boards will betransmitted directly from one slat or board to the next, so that saidforce will be distributed to the ground or other support on which thecase is positioned.

that will besimple and easy to manufacture and,

' invention illustrating the use of the improved cor` A Suu furtherobject-f my invention lis kto provide a novel bottle case of theabovecharacter, which will be durable and eiiicient :in use, V'one onewhich can be placed upon the market at a""`0 low cost.

With these and other objects, in view, theY invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangementand formation of parts, aswill behereinafter morek specifically described, claimed and illustrated` inthe accompanying drawing, in

which:- l y Figure 1 is a fragmentary end elevation'of a bottle caseconstructed in accordance with.

ner iron. o Figure 2 is a Vertical section through thevcase taken on theline`2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows,illustrating the novelD formation of the lips or loops struck out fromthe LN corner iron. l Figure 3 is a detail horizontal section taken onthe line 3 3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows,illustrating the construction of.m the lips or loops struck out fromthecorner iron.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference charactersdesignate the correv sponding parts throughout the several views, theletter A generally indicates a fragment of a bottle case or crateconstructed in accordance with my"` invention. As shown, the case Aembodies side and end walls 5 and 6 each of which are formed from aplurality of superimposed slats or boards 7.

'I'he side and end walls 5 and 6 and slats there-n of are connected bymeans of corner irons 8?90 These angle irons 8 may be formed from sheetmetal of the desired gauge and are of an angle shape in cross section,and each includes like right-angularly extending ilanges 9 and 10. Ther`upper and lower ends of the angle or corner irons L 8 are provided within-,turned extensions 11 and l2 for engaging over the upper and loweredges of the crate and may be otherwise treated to form an effectivesupport such asA illustrated in4 l my prior patent heretofore Vreferredto.- g "10o The angle or corner irons can also beprovided with offsetprojections 13 at their upper ends for the purpose of interengaging thelower edge of an adjacent crate Vstacked thereonl, Rivets or the like 14extend through the flanges "105 of the corner irons and through theslats or` boards 7 forming the side and end walls of the case. i

The above description of the case can be con-f, sidered as exemplifyingan ordinary type of case ent.

In accordance with the present invention, I strike out from the flanges9 and 10 of the corner irons at spaced points inwardly directed lips orloops 15. These rlips or loops are formed by slitting the metal of thecorner irons at spaced parallel points and forcing that portion of themetal between the pairs of slits inwardly, as

clearly shown l.in the various figures of the draw- As illustrated moreclearly in Figure 2,-these lips or loops 15 occupy the entire heightofthe section iflangesgwa-nd loops struck out from said flanges at spacebetween the diiferent slats or boards' 7 and thus, the lips or loopsextendfffrom. one gslat to the other giving a substantial metal-to-metalcontact throughout the entire height'of the-case. Obviously, when aWeight'orforce is placedton top or bottom of the crate, vthisr Yforcewill be transmitted through the mediumloffthe lips from one slatto theother andthence, to the groundorfothersupportron which'the crate-mayjbeplaced.` j-'Ihis in eifectgivesa pillar construe-- *"'tion in *each*corner of the caseY and-effectively veliriiinates allstresson the rivets14- which'eliminatesl thetearing away "of Ythe slats or boards fromboards, and lipsv struck out from the flanges of said rivets,

1If lips-zwere'struck outV entirely from the corner irons and" merely`placed intovengagement` with `the lower-edges ofthe slats',obviously'these lips jwould bend-when lundue stress `Was placed vuponftheslats'andthus; thestress will again vbe transmitted to theY rivets.

fectively transmitted from one slat tothe other 'throughsaid loops orlips 15. Y

y Lvr From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I haveprovided a novel corner iron construction for crates which will insurethe maximum longevity to the crates and at the same time facilitate theconstruction thereof in that the lips form an effective means forproperly spacing vthe slats one from the other and thus,

vention, but what I claim'as new is:-

spaced parallel points, said loops being disposed linl Y horizontalvplane and constituting integral y sections ofmetal forced inwardly fromthe flanges between 4spaced parallel slits formed in said flanges, theupper and lower edges of the loops forming flat, slat abutting andsupporting faces. 2. AIn a bottle case including-side andend walls,each-consisting of `anplurality of superimposed 'spaced' boards, cornervirons connecting-the meeting ends of the walls together, "rivetsextending through'thepflangesoffthe corner irons and the thecorner-irons extending into lthe ''spacesbetween-'the boards; vsaid lipsconstituting sections of metal forcedinwardly from the-flanges'oflthe fcorner irons betweenfspaced parallelslitsv formed in saidcornerfirons;the upper andnlower edges vof'thelips being parallell and constitutingabutting facesrengagingfthei upper andlower edges of adjacent boards.'

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